Garment



A B. GRIBBIE.

GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14.1921.

.Pflutfillted Apr. 11, 1922.

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To all whom miay concern a Be it known that I, ANNA BROHM N Grue- BIE, acitizen of the Unlted States, an a restdent of Newark, in the county ofEssex and State of New Jersey,.have invented a new -and ImprovedGarment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to-a combined dress and bloomers, and its objectis to provide a new and improved garment more especially designed forchildrens wear and arranged to permit of quickly and conveniently don-.ning the garment or removing-it from the body of the'wearer.

Another object is to insure the utmost comfort tothe wearer and toprovide a fine ap earance of the garment. a

nother object is to provide a desired convenience for sanitary purposeswithout requiring opening up or removal of the body of the garment.

Another object is to allow of making the garment of comparatively fewpieces thus reducing the cost of manufacture to a minimum.

With these and other objects in view, the

Figure 3 is an enlarged cross section ofthe garment on the line 3-3 ofFigure 2;

Figure 4 is a plan view of the front piece of the body of the garment;and

Figure 5 is a similar view of the back piece of the body of the garment.

The garment in its general construction comprises a dress 10 andbloomers 11, of which the dress 10 is preferably closed at the front andprovided at the median line of the back withthe usual opening andclosing flaps 12 to allow of conveniently donning or removing thegarment. The body 15 of the dress 10 is provided with a yoke 16 ossnceosemester.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pg fgenflggd A r, 11 11922.Application' filed July 14, 1921- Serial NO- 484,559.

a sash or belt 18 fixed at the front of the dress and adapted to be tiedinto a bow 19 at the back of the dress across the closing flaps 12, asplainly shown in Figure 2. The dress may also be trimmed more or lesselaborately to provide a more or less expensive garment. The bloomers.11 consist essentially of a body 20, legs '21 and a sanitary fla 22 atthe back of the body 20.

n the manufacture of the garment, the body 15 of the dress and thebloomers 11 are made of a front piece 25 and a back piece 26, the twopieces being sewed together along the side edges 27, 28 and the bottomedges 29, 30 with the exception of the portions 31 and 32 forming thelegs 21 (see Figures 4 and 5). The two pieces 25 and 26 after beingfastened together have a portion doubled up inwardly and upwardly (seeFigure 3) to provide a wide hem 40 at the lower end'of the dress. Acircumferential row of stitches 41 connect the doubled-up portions witheach other at the upper end to define the hem 40 and at the same timeattach the upper portion of the body 20 of the bloomerscircumferentially to the miles surface-of the body 15 of the dress 10.It will be noticed that by this arrangement the desired fullness isgiven to the body 20 of the bloomer to provide the utmost comfort to thewearer and hence complete freedom in the movement of the wearers legs isobtained.

The sanitary flap 20 forms an integral part of the back piece 26 and forthis purpose the back piece 26 is cut horizontally along a line 45 andvertically along lines &6 extending downward from the ends of the line45. This line 45 is intersected by the opening or cut 47 for the openingand closing flaps 12 previously mentioned. It will be noticed that bythe arrangement described a sanitary opening is formed at the back piece26 and this opening is intersected by the opening 47 for the opening andclosing flaps 12. It will also be noticed that this sanitary opening isbelow the circumferential row of stitches 4:1 and the hem 40 is ofsufficient height to overlie the sanitary flap 22 when. the garment isworn and hence the sanitary flap 22 is normally not visible. The usualfastening devices, such as buttons and button holes 50 and 51 areprovided for holding the sanitary flap 22 in closed position, thebuttons extending along the body 20 directly below the row of stitches41, and the buttonholes 51 being located at the upper end of thesanitary flap 22. It will be noticed that by this arrangement thesanitary flap 22 forms an integral part of the back piece 26 and addscomparatively little to the expense of manufacturing the garment Thelower edges of the legs 21 are preferably provided with suitabletrimmings 55 to enhance the appearance of the garment.

Ordinarily the sanitary flap 22 is held in closed position by thebuttons 50 and but tonholes 51, and in donning orremoving the garment itis only necessary to open the flaps 12. When the garment is worn, the

sanitary flap 22 can be readily unfastened and swung downward without,however, requiring opening of the flaps 12.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secureby Let-- ters Patent:

1. A garment comprising a dress closed at the front and provided at theback along the median line with opening and closing flaps for openingand closing the back, bloomers forming an integral part of the dress andpermanently attached circumferentially to the inner surface of the dressintermediate the waist line and the lower edge thereof, said bloomersbeing provided at the back with a sanitary opening and drop flap belowthe said circumferential line of attachment, said opening and closingflaps extending to said sanitary opening, and the free upper edge ofsaid flap concealing the lower united ends of said opening and closingflaps.

2. A garment, comprising a dress and bloomers, the dress being closed atthe front and provided along the median line of the back with openingand 'closing flaps for opening and closin the back, the bloomers havinga body an legs, the body of the dress and bloomers being made of a frontpiece and a back piece fastened together along the sides and the bottomexcept at the bloomer legs, the said front and back pieces being doubledup, and a row of stitches connecting the upper portion of the doubled-upparts with each other to form a hem at the lower portion. of the dress,the

said row of stitches permanently attaching the upper portion of the bodyof the bloomers to the top edge of the hem, the said back piece beingprovided" at the body of the bloomers with a sanitary opening and anintegral sanitary drop flap for closing the said opening, and closingdevices for closing the sanitary flap immediately below the said row ofstitches, the opening of the back of the dress intersecting the dropflapopening at the back of the bloomer body.

ANNA BROHMAN GRIBBIE. [L. s.]

